I’ve always been interested in expressing complicated ideas in the clearest way.
I started out in magazine journalism in 2005, while completing my critical theory MPhil at Cambridge. By 2006, I was Deputy Editor of a national property magazine. In 2007 I was approached by a publisher, and went on to do three humour books.
I worked as a digital copywriter for big agencies like Wieden & Kennedy and UsTwo in London for several years – but London wasn’t for me. In 2012, I moved to Sheffield after winning a creative technology contract, and within five years I was a successful digital artist. I was Rambert’s first digital artist in residence, and I even exhibited at The Lowry.
Since leaving the arts in 2018, I have been investing in property and learning about finance and business. In 2021 I moved to Fife, just over the water from Edinburgh, and I now write about money, tech and energy for a range of media and corporate clients. Samples here.
In my free time, I volunteer for two different financial history organisations: Edinburgh’s wonderful finance library, the Library of Mistakes, and the lovely Adam Smith Heritage Centre at Smith’s birthplace in Kirkcaldy. I also enjoy drawing, doing chess puzzles, learning about virtually anything, and attempting to keep fit.